Basketball is not having a moment. It’s entering an era. HBO knows that basketball is cinema, which is more than likely a contributing factor to its decision to renew its drama series Winning: Time The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty for a second season. Here’s the statement about Winning Time’s renewal, per HBO:
HBO has renewed drama series WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY for a second season. Based on the book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s” by Jeff Pearlman, the fast-break series chronicles the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court. The ten-episode first season will conclude on Sunday, May 8, on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
The series, produced by Don’t Look Up director Adam McKay (please don’t let that discourage you, this is actually good), stars an impressive ensemble cast including John C. Reilly, Jason Clarke, Gaby Hoffmann, Sally Field, Quincy Isaiah, DeVaughn Nixon, Solomon Hughes, Michael Chilkis, and Tracy Letts. Winning Time also features quintessential tall guys like Adrien Brody and Jason Segel. Reilly leads the ensemble as Jerry Buss, who, at the beginning of the series, purchases the Los Angeles Lakers. The season chronicles the early days of the Los Angeles Lakers under the ownership of Buss.
There’s no word yet on when to expect a second season, but it will more than likely return at the same time next year, so early 2023. What we can expect, however, are more tall guys.
Our favorite season? Awards season, and even though Hollywood is rolling up the red carpets, we’re here to celebrate the history-making wins and nominations that should’ve dominated headlines this year.
First up? The Oscars.
Host Drew Dorsey recapped the glitz and glamour of the film industry’s most iconic awards show by hyping the women who made huge strides in their categories. Save your hot takes on the Will Smith and Chris Rock drama because we’re here for Jane Campion’s historic nomination (and win) for her work directing The Power of the Dog. The Netflix Western also snagged cinematographer Ari Wegner a history-making nod — she became just the second woman recognized by the Academy in the Best Cinematography category — and, as a bonus, it gave us all the gift of seeing Benedict Cumberbatch don a pair of leather chaps.
But it’s not just in the movies that women are making moves. Drew highlights the many femme artists headlining this year’s GRAMMYs potential winners list. From Olivia Rodrigo’s huge wins to Doja Cat slaying the red carpet and H.E.R. taking home her own hardware — women ruled the GRAMMYs stage. Of course, because everyone’s still scandalized by the latest season of Netflix’s Bridgerton, Drew also had to give the two femme composers who crafted an entire musical based on the show’s first season, their rightful due.
You can watch all that plus a highlight reel featuring everyone from Zendaya and Sian Heder to movies like Disney’s Turning Red in the video above.
As things get serious between Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson, the couple has started to meet each other’s parents. Davidson’s mom famously wants Kardashian to have her grandchildren, while Caitlyn Jenner thinks Davidson’s name is Peter. Parents are hard to understand sometimes!
“I met him for the first time. I was in trouble because I called him Peter, and Kim now starts laughing, ‘It’s not Peter, it’s Pete.’ I said, ‘I don’t know. I’m just trying to be, you know, polite,” Jenner said on the podcast Full Send. “He seems like a very nice guy, but the best part was Kim seemed, honestly, Kim seemed so happy — and that’s my No. 1 concern, is her happiness.”
Kim does seem super happy with her SNL boyfriend, and they have been doing everything together as of late. Also, his given name is Peter, so technically, Jenner wasn’t wrong!
Jenner recently got a gig as a Fox News contributor, and praised her step-daughter Kardashian for being “one of the most amazing people out there” and a “hardworking, smart businesswoman.” Despite being a news contributor, Jenner clearly doesn’t read the news that much.
Jenner also commented on Kardashian’s famous ex Kanye West, who has been lashing out at Kardashian and Davidson lately. Jenner said she has nothing but respect for West, “Every time we’ve been together, he’s been absolutely great, especially during the transition and this and that,” she added, hinting at the ugly legal battle between West and Kim. “I just have to be a little careful because, you know, he said some things, especially toward the family, and I’m on the family’s side. I wish him nothing but the best. I’d love to see him again.”
Activision Blizzard is in the midst of a gigantic unionization effort among its employees. The Quality Assurance department of Raven Software, in particular, has been vocal about unionizing ever since a dozen QA employees were laid off due to company reorganization. The layoffs led to an employee walkout with many saying that they were promised better pay and benefits in the future. Eventually, the Raven Software QA department did form a union, but Activision Blizzard has so far chosen to not recognize it.
While employee demands for their union to be recognized have not been met, they did somewhat accomplish one of their goals. On Thursday, Jason Schreier of Bloomberg reported that 11,000 temporary and contract employees within Activision Blizzard are being brought on full time and will have their salaries raised to at least $20 an hour.
NEW: Activision Blizzard just told staff that all of its 1,100 quality assurance testers will be 1) converted from contract to full-time and 2) bumped up to at least $20/hour. A big win for QA in the wake of several worker revolts and a burgeoning union effort. Story soon
The catch: The people who will be receiving raises are employees that are not joining the union. Activision Blizzard says this is due to legal obligations. A spokesperson for Activision Blizzard told Schreier that the raise and the employee’s choice to unionize are unrelated to one another.
And here’s the catch: Activision will not give raises to Raven QA testers, who are unionizing, “due to our legal obligations under the National Labor Relations Act,” the company said in an email seen by Bloomberg News.
This change follows a process that began last year” across Activision Publishing and Blizzard, a spokesperson said in a statement.
An Activision Blizzard spokesperson said Raven workers won’t receive new pay initiatives “due to legal obligations under the National Labor Relations Act.” The spokesperson added that “Whether Raven workers choose to unionize has nothing to do with the salary increases elsewhere for Activision’s QA workers.” A representative for the Communications Workers of America, which is representing Raven in its union push, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Action Bronson is back with new music, and this time, he is channeling his inner Sagittarius. On his upcoming sixth album, Cocodrillo Turbo, the multi-hyphenate rapper/chef/television personality isn’t resting on his laurels. With a New York Times bestseller, several TV shows, and a rap career spanning over 10 years, Bronson is out to show why he’s one of the best to ever do it.
“I don’t feel like I’m given the f*cking respect that I deserve,” said Bronson in a statement. Cocodrillo Turbo hears Bronson demanding said respect, with production from himself, The Alchemist, Daringer, and Roc Marciano.
Ahead of the album’s release later this month, Bronson shared a music video for “Subzero.” The video, directed by James Larese, sees Bronson bodyboarding through New York City as it is engulfed by a tsunami. Water will be a recurring theme on the album.
“I first came up with this album while in the water,” said Bronson in a statement. “I’ve spent many lifetimes in the water. I’m just a water man. I was born in the water, I’m a water sign.”
Check out “Subzero” above, and below, find the Cocodrillo Turbo art and tracklist.
The last time you did a James Bond marathon, it was probably a multi-platform experience. One movie was on Netflix, another on Hulu, and the other you had to rent from the Apple Store, etc. This is a small problem compared to most things, but an annoyance nonetheless. Now, for the first time since the marathons on the long-gone but not forgotten Spike TV, every James Bond movie from Sean Connery and Timothy Dalton to Daniel Craig will be available in one place when the entire James Bond catalog is available to stream on Amazon Prime, starting April 15.
This move was inevitable with the news of Amazon’s acquisition of MGM, the studio that owns distribution rights to the Bond films. The Bond collection consists of 25 films, starting with 1962’s Dr. No starring Sean Connery, and ending with 2021’s No Time To Die starring Daniel Craig. The catalog won’t include 1967’s Casino Royale or 1983’s Never Say Never Again. While both are technically Bond films, neither were produced by Eon Productions, the studio behind the 007 franchise.
Here’s the list of every Bond film that will be available on Prime:
Dr. No
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forever
Live And Let Die
The Man With The Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
A View To A Kill
The Living Daylights
Licence To Kill
GoldenEye
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World Is Not Enough
Die Another Day
Casino Royale
Quantum Of Solace
Skyfall
Spectre
No Time To Die
The Bond collection will be available to stream starting Friday, April 15. Unlike diamonds, the 007 collection on Amazon Prime is not forever, because according to Prime it will only be available for a “limited time.” How limited? We do not know, but hopefully, it’s enough time to watch 25 films including the nearly three-hour Craig Era ones.
Even if Matt Gaetz had never once opened his mouth to speak over the past decade-plus he has been in politics, it would be clear from the product-filled ocean wave of hair crashing atop his head that whatever the Florida congressman had to say would likely be tone-deaf and offensive. Unfortunately, he has not chosen to remain silent and we’re all too familiar with his inane opinions on everything from life-threatening illnesses like diabetes (“lose weight!”) and COVID to why acquitted serial killer Kyle Rittenhouse would make a great congressional intern. On Wednesday, Gaetz made a giant horse’s ass of himself yet again for all the world to witness—and Seth Meyers, for one, is here for it!
On Wednesday, Gaetz—who is under federal investigation for sex trafficking—made a big show of trying to show up four-star general and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin while reviewing the DoD’s proposed 2023 defense budget. The interaction did not go well for the Florida Man, who seemed to lack a basic understanding of how military spending works but had a whole lot of thoughts on “wokeism.”
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL): “You guys said that Russia would overrun Ukraine in 36 days.”
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: “Has it occurred to you that Russia has not overrun Ukraine because of what we’ve done? And our allies have done? Have you ever even thought about that?” pic.twitter.com/Wigdb37aSg
“Florida congressman Matt Gaetz, who looks like he wished on a monkey’s paw he’d make it in Major League Baseball and instead got Mr. Met’s head, leveled a bunch of unhinged conspiracy theories at Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin yesterday, claiming the military cares more about critical race theory and ‘wokeism’ than National Defense…
“What is wrong with these people? In their fevered swamp brains, do they genuinely believe our soldiers no longer know how to file a rifle because they are buried in homework from pronoun class?”
Meyers went on to point out that while he encourages that tough questions be asked of our national security officials, and generally agrees that the defense budget is “massively inflated,” that’s not even what Gaetz was attempting to do by taking a hard-line stance with Austin. That stance, of course, started to crumble when the congressman began yelling about being “behind in hypersonics,” an advanced type of weaponry that can travel at more than five times the speed of sound.
When Austin questioned Gaetz’s understanding of hypersonic weapons, and how he came to determine that we’re “behind” on them, Gaetz simply uttered: “I don’t know.” Which, yep, that sounds about right.
Over their past few releases, Interpol has gotten into the habit of dropping a new album about every four years. Well, their latest LP, Marauder, came out in 2018, so they’re due. Now, Interpol is set to deliver, as today, they announced their seventh album, The Other Side Of Make-Believe, which is set for a July 15 release. Alongside that news also arrives a video for “Toni,” a lead single that doesn’t stray too far from the band’s signature post-punk aesthetic.
Paul Banks said of the video, “It was a blast working with Van Alpert on the video for our song ‘Toni.’ We bonded over shared film inspiration as well as a passion for classic music videos by the likes of Glazer, Cunningham, and Jonze. Van, in my opinion, is in the club with these legends; and it’s exciting to watch him build his own enduring body of work.”
Banks also said of starting work on the new album remotely in 2020, “We usually write live, but for the first time I’m not shouting over a drum kit. Daniel [Kessler] and I have a strong enough chemistry that I could picture how my voice would complement the scratch demos he emailed over. Then I could turn the guys down on my laptop, locate these colorful melodies and generally get the message across in an understated fashion.”
Watch the “Toni” video above. Below, find the The Other Side Of Make-Believe art and tracklist below, as well as Interpol’s upcoming tour dates.
04/25 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum*
04/26 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater*
04/28 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre*
04/29 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre*
04/30 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre*
05/02 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union *
05/03 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom **
05/05 – St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre*
05/06 – Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom*
05/07 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit*
05/08 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre*
05/10 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem*
05/11 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner*
05/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia*
05/14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre*
05/15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre*
05/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Rose Bowl, Pasadena – Just Like Heaven***
05/28 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Palacio De Los Deportes****
06/08 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Apolo
06/09 – Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound
06/11 – Porto, Portugal @ Primavera Sound
06/12 – Berlin, Germany @ Templehof Sounds Festival
06/14 – London, UK @ The Roundhouse
06/15 – London, UK @ The Roundhouse
06/16 – Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
06/18 – Paris, France @ Salle Pleyel
06/19 – Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Pinkpop Festival
08/25 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summer Stage ^
08/26 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage #
08/27 – Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point ^
08/28 – Providence, RI @ Bold Point Pavilion ^
08/30 – Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! Outdoor ^
09/01 – Cincinnati, OH @ Andrew J. Brady Music Center ^
09/02 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern %
09/03 – Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit ^
09/06 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE Outdoors ^
09/08 – Indianapolis, IN @ TCU Amphitheater at White River Park ^
09/09 – St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre ^
09/10 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion ^
09/13 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas ^
09/14 – Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre ^
09/16 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^
09/17 – Portland, OR @ Pioneer Courthouse Square ^
09/18 – Portland, OR @ Pioneer Courthouse Square ^
* with Tycho and Matthew Dear
** with Matthew Dear
*** with The Shins, Modest Mouse, MIA, and more
**** with Dry Cleaning
^ with Spoon and The Goon Sax
# Metric, Interpol, and Spoon
The Other Side Of Make-Believe is out 7/15 via Matador. Pre-order it here.
While discussing Dr. Anthony Fauci‘s recent interview with Chris Wallace where he opened up about having his COVID messaging constantly undermined by then President Donald Trump, The View‘s Sunny Hostin revealed that her family has looked into filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration for causing the death of her husband’s parents.
During the panel, The View co-hosts agreed that the administration attempted to use Fauci as a “scapegoat,” which prompted former White House communications director Stephanie Grisham to share what she saw on her end after raising concerns about COVID messaging, and it was not good.
DR. FAUCI CALLS MESSAGING UNDER TRUMP ADMIN “PAINFUL”: Two years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci sat down with Chris Wallace to discuss how he was punished for trying to do his job in the crucial early months of the crisis – #TheView panel reacts. pic.twitter.com/YKHbSQE7mD
“I actually had a problem putting some of the information out, and when I raised those concerns, all messaging, if you can imagine this, all messaging about COVID got taken away from me, the press secretary, me, the director of communications, and the entire West Wing communications team of about 40, and it was transferred to the vice president’s team,” Grisham revealed.
After hearing Grisham’s anecdote, Behar asked Hostin, a former attorney, if the administration is liable for causing deaths because of examples like Grisham’s where the Trump White House attempted to downplay the virus and hamper public health initiatives.
“My family has thought about this a lot, especially because Manny’s parents died from COVID,” Hostin said. “And I blame the Trump administration for that. We’ve explored it. We’ve explored it, we’ve thought about it.”
Hostin did not elaborate on if her family is still pursuing legal action or if a lawsuit is possible.
Mark Wahlberg, who famously rises from sleep at about 2:30 am to squeeze in the first of his many daily workouts, took quite a turn for his upcoming movie, Father Stu. In the film, he portrays the real-life Reverend Stuart Long, a boxer-turned-priest, and as such, Wahlberg couldn’t portray the role with his usual swole physique. Such career sacrifices demand body transformations, and instead of hitting the gym like most actors do in order to achieve change, he had to, uh, stop that routine.
This movie’s release (it now arrives in theaters on April 13) got pushed back because of the global situation, and so, Wahlberg now has to supplement the details that he already discussed, such as how he ate up to 11,000 calories per day, which resulted in him pulling off this stunning transformation in only three weeks:
That doesn’t seem like a great boomerang routine for the bod, but it gets worse. While speaking to E! Online, the former Marky Mark revealed his menu, which included a daily glass of olive oil. Major yikes:
“I wasn’t eating anything that you would think, ‘Oh my God, I get to sit on the couch and eat ice cream and pizzas.’ I tried to do it in a healthy way. It was a dozen eggs and a dozen pieces of bacon, two baked potatoes, a Porterhouse steak, two bowls of white rice, and a glass of olive oil. The first two weeks were high proteins. The second two weeks were a lot of carbs. The last two weeks starches, and then sodium, just to kind of get as bloated as possible.”
Yeah, even if Wahlberg thinks that this was the “healthy” way, one’s arteries still can’t be happy with an excess amount of the “good” fat that comes in olive oil. Also, it sounds pretty disgusting to have to chug any type of oil. Previously, Wahlberg called the diet “fun for about an hour” and more difficult than losing weight would be for a role. Neither one sounds like a great time, but awards, man.
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